133 quotes found
“Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.”
“Only when you cultivate your talents and gifts you prosper”
“You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.”
“A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.”
“When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.”
“Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.”
“Remember, there are more people in the world than yourself. Be modest! You have not yet invented nor thought anything which others have not thought or invented before. And should you really have do...”
“Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence.”
“oh well, is it hurting anyone? Because if its not and youve been given it, Id as soon stop calling it a thing and start referring to it as a gift.”
“Don't be ungrateful. Just open it.”
“Sometimes the best gifts aren't convenient at the time.”
“In this city [Palermo] . . . it's the souls of the dead who bring presents to the children. . . . We go to the cemetery to ask the dead for toys.”
“No, that was my privilege.”
“Dont make stuff because you want to make money it will never make you enough money. And dont make stuff because you want to get famous because you will never feel famous enough. Make gifts for pe...”
“You don't give a gift to shape someone into the person you want him to be. You give a gift because it's something you couldn't bear to be without, but it's even more unthinkable for the other perso...”
“It is customary for those who wish to have the most beautiful ones to endeavourer to offer them gifts of those things which they hold most precious in order to win their hearts.”
“There is no greater gift like LOVE.”
“When you find real love protect and preserve the sweetness and intimacy of your gift.”
“The best way to be thankful for the gift of life is to not throw it away.”
“Many an injustice is presented as a solution and gift.”
